The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-30
a LETTER FROM KASNAS.

a LETTER FROM KASNAS.
CoLDWATEK COMANCHE Co., kS.,1
April 25 1887.
EDITOR INrELLIGENCER:- the
benefit of the many readers of your
paper give brief shetch of
COMANCHE COUNTY.
Ii is bounded Oh the north BY Hiowa, ON
the east by Barber. on the south Indian
Territory, and on the west by Clark.
1t lies north of the 37th parallel and
between the 99th and Tooth degrees of
longitude. The county was organized
Feb. 1885, and is yet in its infancy.
Although only few years old, it has
several thriving towns and villages;
good schools and churches.
CoLDwATER, THE COUNTY SEAT,
was named for Coldwater, Michigan,
and now has population about 200.
'dood schools, three organized church.
rs, courthouse, an opera house, three
banks, three newspapers, plenty Of
business houses. In landscape beauty
1t surpasses any of the towns of the
southwest. The streets are wide and
the drives are excellent for miles out of
town in any direction. The mud so
troublesome in other places and states,
IS never i'll the way. Five minutes af-
ter hard rain one can walk on the
streets without gathering mud on the
shoes. The property of the town is
now bearing fair price, and will
double i'll year. Lots are selling
from $3.50 to $1,000. Good land ad-
joining town can be purchased in pieces
OF one to five acres at 500 per acre.
This is desirable suburban property
suitable for homes with gardens and
orchards.
RAILROADS
are entering the county The grading
is now in progress, and buiore summer
fades into autumn tie 'irOn hOrse'
will be in our midst. The air is salu-
brious and breezy.
THE CLIMATE Is MILD
the year round. Our summers are
tempered by the breeze and we have no
rigorous winters. Stock live out on
the wild grass all winter. Although
water is found at great depth on the
upland we have
AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER
along the streams, some running
throughout the whole year. In many
places good springs are constantly
flowing. As a general rule good wa
ter can be obtained at a reasonable
depth-from twelve to sixty feet.
THE osAGE INDIAN LANDS
embraced all the land of the county
except the school sections 1.-TWO of each
township and the Cherokee strip next
to the territory, two and one half miles
| wide. About all the public lands have
been taken. The Usage lands were
pre- -empted, the school land proved up
and sold, the Cherokee strip entered.
All these lands have doubled in price
many times. In an early day the "cow
boys" and "stock ranchers" located
| many of
THE VERY BEST LANDS OF THE COUNTY
| IN valleys adjacent the streams of run
ming water and nutritious grasses. The
advent Of the farmer bringing the land
under cultivation has caused the stock
men with their cattle, bronchos aud
rancheros or cowboys" to push farth-
er out into the territories, leaving the
rich pasturage where the Comanche
Pool and other cattle companies kept
many herds. All these rich lands OF q
black sandy loan ranging in depth
from two to six feet have lately been
placed in the market and are for sale
at reasonable prices ranging from $5
to $l5 per acre by Carter and Sparks,
real estate agents, who will be pleased
to show these lands to any eastern
buyers. These lands are all suitable
| for good farms and ranches and can be
bought in lots of 81 to 1000 acres. On
| some pieces the sales are cash while
on others payments can be made to
suit purchaser. All this land is good
investment, some of it near town is
already selling at $75 and $lOO per
acre, now is the "golden present" the
time to buy before the lands get ont of
the reach OF the poor man. These
lands are paying investments. They
will produce corn, wheat, oats, pota-
| toes, cotton, peanuts, sorghum, millet,
melons and clover in abundance, those
desiring to raise trult will find this the
GOLDEN FRUIT BELT"
peaches every year, grapes, apples,
cherries all do well. The wild grapes
grow on the small streams to largo
size. AS to timber we have but little
except for tirewOOd along the creeks;
so tar no coal has been discovered in
the county; wood is sold at reasonable
prices, and hero the coal for fuel will
be shipped in and sold 80 low that the
people from the states will find that
their fuel bills are smaller here than in
the states farther north. COmanche
county land is good investment for the
following reasons: 1t is easily cultiva-
ted; it produces well the soil is deep
mellow black sandy. red and mulatto
loan, and retains moisture; the fertili-
ty of the soil Is unsurpassed, although
retaining moisture in the dry seasons
it seldom gets too wet for plowing; the
crops on the land will pay for II in one
year; the prices are rapidly advancing,
on some pieces the prices have doubled
three times in the past year. You ask
why these lands advance 80 rapidly
and sell SO we'll? We answer, because
the buyers see in these lands a safe and
profitable investment. A great many
letters come from persons asking to ex-
change their land in the states east for
Comanche county land. To all of these
we say, "no." There is too wide q
difference In the lands. The lands Of
the states east of Kansas have gone
near the top notch, and there is but
little more profit in them while the
Comanche county land is advancing at
the rate of 25 to SO per cent. on the in
vestments. Here the land sells readily
while in the states east OF Kansas the
price has gone up SO high that it is
slow sale.
THE SIZE OF COMANCHE COUNTY
i'll area. From east to west it ia 80
miles, from north TO south it is 264
miles land contains 795 square miles or
5Os, 800 acres, which may be divided
into 3, $50 farms of 160 acres each.
This season has opened with fair
prospects of good crop year. The
coplons showers commencing the 10th
OF April have encouraged the farmer,
and new lands are being opened up
every day. For a new country the
society is good. We write this letter
for the benefit of the many inauirlng
people. AT later day we will give
additional letters from the new but
rapidly developing Comanche county,
Kansas, LAFAYETTE Row
LIGHTNING TIME.
The fast limited train from Boston.
last Friday, made some wonderfully
fast time. In speaking of the sensa-
tons OF The passengers, an account
knew they had been